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Re: How long would you let a motor run?
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 19 Oct 2002 01:39:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh writes:
> This has probably been discussed before, but my quick search of
> lugnet.trains didn't turn up anything.
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> How long would you let a train motor run? Has anyone put a train on some
> sort of automatic timer to let it rest every now and then?
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> Thanks,
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> Mike
Perhaps Dan Parker can step up with a answer for this one. I'd say fairly well
indefinitely @ room temp (70F). It _should_ be OK...try it and find out, I
suspect that is going to be the best answer. There is also the load to be
considered...more load=less running before thermal cutout might be reached.
DCC converted ones (with DN121's) are good in 35C weather for ~1 hr of running
before overloading the DCC chip heatsensor. I also tend to heavy trains
though, so YMMV.
James P
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| This has probably been discussed before, but my quick search of lugnet.trains didn't turn up anything. How long would you let a train motor run? Has anyone put a train on some sort of automatic timer to let it rest every now and then? Thanks, Mike (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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